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If I could put to words the emotional theme of our Bicentennial Celebration it would be this.

We were literally ablaze with the connection between us and to this incredible, feisty community (past, present, and future).

I felt it ignite as our “girls”—ages 13 to 83—spontaneously belted out the Alma Mater together on the lawn, arms around one another, as the light from bursting fireworks illuminated their joyful and PROUD faces. I felt it as those same women were moved to tears, bending their heads against one another to tie together red ribbons adorned with their individual signatures.

Their single strand united the names of women who cross generations, religions, borders, political parties, professions, and beliefs. It became

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a symbol of the place that binds us—Emma Willard School. Whether you were there with us that weekend or simply there in spirit, we felt the connection across both space and time.

The Bicentennial Celebration was a microcosm, a tiny taste, of what a united, connected Emma Willard School can accomplish. With your help, we can sustain this energy and connection into our third century of empowering even more girls to unleash their undeniable potential to the world.

Our yearlong celebration of all that is unabashedly Emma has reframed possibility for this extraordinary school. We are simply unstoppable now. We are unstoppable because we have you at our backs, fueling the fire.

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We also have a strategy that is linked to upholding those parts of our school, so clearly on exhibit at the celebration: our authentic culture that enjoys laughter as much as deep inquiry; our deeply personal and personalized experience; and our distinctive worldview that girls—particularly girls united—can change the world.

Join me in fostering this connection and maintaining Emma Willard School’s reign as the best educational experience available to girls, now—at this magical moment in our history— and well into our promising, bright future.

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As we prepared for our Bicentennial, we launched the 2020 Vision. It was our roadmap for fully claiming what makes an Emma experience unlike anything else in the world.

Our exceptional community has risen to the challenge presented by this ambitious plan. We met many of our goals ahead of schedule.

Our admissions and development pictures are stronger than they have been in generations. We stand ready to tackle the next phase of our vision for the future of our remarkable school, and for future generations of Emma Girls. For this next phase, we dive even deeper, and we will need the engagement and support of our full and feisty community. Join us on this continued journey to build on all that we have achieved.

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Personalization

We believe the key to enriched learning is the personalization of a rigorous educational experience that challenges each girl to broaden her worldview and uncover her personal passions. This can and should be true for the journey of every Emma Girl. We will engage each girl in the development of a graduation destination that uniquely leverages her intellect and challenges her aspirations. Her culminating work—built on a strong foundation of fundamental knowledge—will be individual enough to merit the name “Signature.”

• Define and secure the resources— faculty support, mentorship, funding, and spaces—to ensure an intellectual capstone experience for each girl.

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• Reshape the yearly schedule to provide flexibility, programmatic opportunities, and balance for a third-century Emma Girl.

• Design the flexible, multi-media classroom spaces required to prepare our modern girls for higher education.

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Culture

For the girl who attends Emma Willard, to live within our gray walls means simply to be oneself and explore who one wants to be. Those who have dreams of becoming scientists, athletes, artists, architects or whatever their hearts desire live, study, and play together in an atmosphere of acceptance and inclusiveness, surrounded by the beautiful spaces that have inspired girls for generations. Through the genuine relationships among students, faculty, and staff we will provide an atmosphere of trust and support. Through the reinvigoration of our campus living and learning spaces we will build a community where each individual feels valued and inspired.

• Create new and updated wellness and athletic spaces to support students in mind, body, and spirit.

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• Reinvigorate the chapel to bring life back to one of our most beloved spaces, quiet for too long now.

•M odernize our interior student living spaces to better mirror the outer beauty of our campus and meet the changing needs of our girls.

•F oster a culture and organizational structure of shared vision, innovation, accountability, and unrelenting excellence.

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Using this community as a solid base, Emma Willard School will transform the traditional notion of the girls’ boarding school as an insular world to one that launches a girl into a global arena of issues and opportunity. Using the extensive resources available to our community through the parents of our girls, the larger community surrounding us, our global connections, and our strong alumnae base, we will build a community of exceptional individuals and create a set of learning experiences deliberately designed to prepare and launch Emma Girls who are a force for positive change in the world.

• Earn the strong financial support of our alumnae and parents to underwrite the substantial scholarship support we provide each year—making Emma among the most generous independent schools in the country.

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• Develop and implement effective strategies to diversify the community of Emma Willard.

•C oordinate the plethora of existing global opportunities available for each Emma Girl into a compelling—and funded— graduation requirement.

• Integrate service programming into the curriculum to regularly give back to our community, fostering a lifelong commitment to using an Emma education for the benefit of others.

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The best schools in the world know their strengths, foresee shifts in education, and innovate before all others. Our deep personalization, distinctive worldview, and culture of authenticity will continue to set us apart from any other school. To own our position as one of the best schools in the world for girls, we must fully embrace and steward our niche in the educational landscape, and, as our founder taught us, boldly innovate our programming where others might hesitate. We will remain innovative and flexible in these dynamic times, while we build our global reputation and the philanthropic culture required to maintain the promises of the Emma Willard experience for generations to come.

• Execute an enrollment and marketing strategy with a goal of reaching a student body of 360 smart girls from around the world and here at home.

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•E nhance summer campus opportunities to increase programmatic possibilities and make the Emma campus one of deep learning and vibrancy year-round.

• Staff and implement a parent relations program that lays the foundation for the partnerships so necessary to ensure the success of each Emma Girl.

•B uild an alumnae network that increases the personal and career connections between our Emma Girls and expands their role in the progress and success of the school and its graduates.

•C reate the 2020 Vision Fund to fund research and development, entrepreneurial thinking, and innovative actions that anticipate changes in the educational landscape.

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